Abstract: A kaleidoscope apparatus comprising an opaque container having an objective end and a viewing end, at least two reflecting surfaces within said container, an opening at the viewing end, and an objective within said objective end, the improvement comprising:A) said objective end being closed to external light, andB) an electric light source within said container and between said viewing end and said objective, said light source disposed so as to illuminate said objective.

Abstract: Apparatus useful as a puzzle comprising a playing board having a square, flat playing surface, moveable chicklets of equal thickness and of equal square size, at least some of said chicklets decorated so as to form a picture on their appearance surfaces only when said puzzle is solved by moving said chicklets into a solution position, said chicklets being moveable in a horizontal plane along a flat surface within said board, said board having a retaining curb around the border of said flat playing surface and a transparent retaining means parallel to and spaced above said flat playing surface by slightly more than the thickness of said chicklets and adapted to retain said moveable chicklets in a playing area and to permit the player to see the appearance surface of all of said chicklets, said transparent retaining means having open areas through which the player may use a finger to move said chicklets, said open areas being only in positions other than the corner positions and the four central positions, the